| Final | | time | | | 1. Ella Kovacs |  Romania | 1:59.98 | | | 2. Inna Yevseyeva |  Unified Team | 2:00.26 | | | 3. Yelena Afanasyeva | Unified Team | 2:00.69 | | | 4. Carla Sacramento |  Portugal | 2:02.90 | | | 5. Stella Jongmans |  Netherlands | 2:03.50 | | | 6. Fabia Trabaldo |  Italy | 2:03.70 | |
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| | First 3 from each Semi advanced to Final. |
| Semi 1 | | time | | | 1. Inna Yevseyeva | Unified Team | 2:02.93 | Q | | 2. Fabia Trabaldo | Italy | 2:03.51 | Q | | 3. Carla Sacramento | Portugal | 2:03.78 | Q | | 4. Aurelia Scalabrin |  Switzerland | 2:03.93 | | | 6. Milena Strnadová |  Czechoslovakia | 2:04.16 | | | 12.Krista Aukema | Netherlands | 2:06.30 | |
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| Semi 2 | | time | | | 5. Ella Kovacs | Romania | 2:04.00 | Q | | 7. Yelena Afanasyeva | Unified Team | 2:04.22 | Q | | 8. Stella Jongmans | Netherlands | 2:04.52 | Q | | 9. Heike Huneke |  Germany | 2:05.37 | | | 10.Nadia Falvo | Italy | 2:05.94 | | | 11.Stefania Savi | Italy | 2:06.05 | |
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| | | First 3 from each Heat and next Best 3 advanced to Semi-Finals. |
| Heat 1 | | time | | | 1. Inna Yevseyeva | Unified Team | 2:02.24 | Q | | 2. Carla Sacramento | Portugal | 2:02.42 | Q | | 3. Heike Huneke | Germany | 2:02.80 | Q | | 4. Stella Jongmans | Netherlands | 2:03.34 | q | | 5. Fabia Trabaldo | Italy | 2:03.62 | q |
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| Heat 2 | | time | | | 10.Ella Kovacs | Romania | 2:06.95 | Q | | 11.Yelena Afanasyeva | Unified Team | 2:07.65 | Q | | 12.Nadia Falvo | Italy | 2:08.35 | Q | | 13.Amaia Andrés |  Spain | 2:08.69 | | | 14.Arlene Smith |  Ireland | 2:08.99 | | | 15.Malahat Kokalp |  Turkey | 2:12.02 | |
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| Heat 3 | | time | | | 6. Stefania Savi | Italy | 2:05.69 | Q | | 7. Milena Strnadová | Czechoslovakia | 2:05.93 | Q | | 8. Aurelia Scalabrin | Switzerland | 2:05.93 | Q | | 9. Krista Aukema | Netherlands | 2:05.94 | q |
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